The Buddhi School is located in Jakkur, Bangalore and was designed by Biome Architects for Chitra Vishwanath and Monalika Nanda. The 1500 sqm school building houses educational spaces organized differently than a conventional school to support its Edexcel-based curriculum and inclusion of students with special needs. Classrooms are open, well-lit spaces that can accommodate around 10 students each to maximize learning potential. Sustainability features include a rainwater harvesting system that collects and stores almost all of the school's 630,000 litres of annual rainfall for non-potable use.

1. Buddhi School

2. Introduction
LOCATION : JAKKUR,
BANGALORE, KARNATAKA.
ARCHITECT : BIOME
ARCHITECTS
CLIENT : CHITRA
VISHWANATH,
MONALIKA NANDA
BUILDING TYPE :
INSTITUTION
BUILDING USAGE :
SCHOOL
PROJECT YEAR : 2017
PROJECT AREA : 1500 SQ.M

3. Project Brief
Edexcsl based education which
Buddhi follows required spaces
organized differently from
conventional schools following
regular Indian syllabi, and also
allowed for flexibility in the
design. Buddhi encourages
inclusive education and children
with special abilities are
welcomed and cared for. The
school thus needed to be
completely accessible. The
school's intake is kept very low
and total occupancy is 200
children.

4. Ground floor plan First floor plan
8 8 5 1
2 3
4
9
11
14
6 10
7
20
13
16
19
16
18
17
9
8
16 26
27
28
13
19 20
24
8 8
12 12
21 22 23 24
13
13
13
13
25
1 – Foyer
2 – Visitor’s lounge
3 – Reception
4 – Office
5 – Staff room
6 – Handwash
7 – Dining
8 – Toilets
9 –
10 – Classroom
11 – Corridor
12 – Lift (closed)
13 – OAT
14 – Stairs
15 – Ramp
16 – Kids room
17 – Classroom
18 – Staff room
19 – Kids library
20 – Play Area
21 – Library
22 – Classroom
23 – Classroom
24 – Classroom
25 – Lab
26 – Art room
27 – Stage

5. Classroom
Local architecture characteristic - Traditional
Sill level - 1.4m
Capacity – 10 seats
The classrooms are open, comfortable, well lit, and
visually stimulating to maximize the learning potential.
It is sufficiently spacious.Evey classroom has a fire
extinguisher.

6. The corridor window and jalli work is of 121.9 X 140 cm in
dimension.
The façade is treated with exposed cement brick concrete
and bricks.
Style – Vernacular style

7. Tread – 300 cm
Riser – 100 cm
Width – 2000 cm
Material - Granite
The staircase has a OAT for lighting,

8. The school captures
almost all the 630,000
litres of water falling on
its roof in an average
year of rain. This water is
filtered once again and
used to meet the school’s
water requirements.
From the 700 sq. m roof area all
the rainwater is led through
rainwater pipes into filters and
thence to a 100,000-litre storage
sump located within the school
building below the dining room.
Rainwater harvesting

9. 121.9 X 140 cm.
121.9 X 140 cm.
121.9 X 140 cm.
Jalli work
Coloured
grill
Door
116.8 X 210.0 cm
Glass
15 X 20 cm